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daughteroftheeast:

Baba Yaga by ~kakao-bean

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elpresoenelcraneo:

Baba Yaga house 

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heatherblossombrown:

May I introduce you to Baba Yaga, the quintessential witch from the Russian Fairytales.  I really adore Ivan Bilibin’s illustrations of these stories from 1900, including this piece of Baba Yaga from the story titled “Vasilisa the Beautiful.”  Bilibin incorporated the dense forests and craggy mountains of Old Russia for his backgrounds and Slavic traditional designs to border his images. Baba Yaga is fantastically creepy!

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Faith Jaques’s illustration of Baba Yaga’s hut, from “The Red Fairy Book”

fairytalemood:

Illustration from Baba Yaga and the Wolf by Tin Can Forest (Marek Colek and Pat Shewchuk)

fuckyeahdeathless:

Baba Yaga or Baba Roga (also known by various other names) is a haggish or witchlike character in Slavic folklore. She flies around on a giant pestle, kidnaps (and presumably eats) small children, and lives in a hut that stands on chicken legs. In most Slavic folk tales, she is portrayed as an antagonist; however, some characters in other mythological folk stories have been known to seek her out for her wisdom, and she has been known on rare occasions to offer guidance to lost souls.

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lazari110:

Baba Yaga…

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dreigroschenoper:

Baba Yaga

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Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Fair

Baba Yaga’s house

“Hut of Death,” by Nicholas Roerich

It’s thought that these elevated cabins, used for funerals in Slavic cultures, insipred Baba Yaga’s house on chicken legs

Ivan Bilibin’s drawing of Baba Yaga